Vegetarian Times

Condoms with pictures of endangered animal species

2011-02-17T11:58:00.000-08:00

Center for Biological Diversity has already distributed more than 350,000 condoms with pictures of endangered animals

American Association for the Protection of Nature on 31 December will share 50 000 condoms with pictures of animals threatened with extinction, in an effort to encourage the public to reflect on the devastating impact of the increasing population of our planet on the environment.

More than 600 volunteers from the Center for Biological Diversity across the U.S. will distribute condoms unusual New Year's Eve when their use, according to data available to the environmental organization, is the largest. The statement says that the inhabitants of the earth almost doubled since 1970. and will soon on our planet live nearly seven billion inhabitants.

"The increase in population and mass consumerism that accompanies it, exhaust the limited natural resources on Earth, acting more on plant and animal species, many of which are on the verge of extinction, " the organization said in a statement. Center for Biological Diversity has already distributed more than 350,000 condoms at which the images of animal species that were particularly vulnerable in 2010.

Light pollution - how dangerous is it?

2011-02-17T11:52:00.000-08:00

Nighttime lighting has strong impact on the environment, animals and on human sleep

As stated by Emma Marrington, an activist for the Protection of Rural England, light pollution damages the character of the environment, and blurs the distinction between town and country, a people denied the experience of dark and starry sky. "It's not just that it violates the aesthetic experience of the village. Light pollution harms wildlife, and may adversely affect the human dream, " he adds.

Activists say that excessive nighttime lighting causes problems in birds, nocturnal mammals and insects. Specifically, lighting can dangerously affect the ability to navigate and hunt bats, while the birds were disoriented thinking constantly approaching dawn. However, those who support the night lighting argue that good lightened public places reduce the risk of crime, especially in remote places.

Research conducted 2007th, which was attended by 2000 people, showed that only 2 percent were able to see more than 30 stars in the night sky, and more than half of respondents could not see more than 10

Agave - the source of tequila and biofuels

2011-02-17T11:46:00.000-08:00

Agave, the plant from which we make a popular alcoholic drink tequila, could soon become a major source of biofuels. Researchers have discovered that the plant composition very well for the production of biofuels, but perhaps most importantly that it could solve the biggest problem at the moment when it comes to these fuels, and that is land use. What's the secret? Biofuels could receive in the form of byproducts from the production process tequila, as in Mexico, Africa and Australia and many other places, but there are plantations with the plants (some of them have been abandoned), there is simply no need to seek new ground for its cultivation . In other words, there is no need to take land that is already used for food production or to cut down forests. True, it is necessary to conduct further research to see what kind of agave can ensure maximum efficiency and that is most resistant to semi-dry regions in which to grow, but by all accounts, we only hear about this plant and its usefulness.

Bioenergetic analyst Sarah Davis said: "We need plants for bioenergy, which includes a small risk of unplanned changes in land use. Biomass from the agave can be collected in the form of by-products of tequila without additional requirements for the land. "At the same time, says analyst, stoned plantations in Mexico and Africa that were formerly used to obtain different fibers could be re-regulate the production of biomass for biofuels. The fact is that aloe could be a new hero in the bioenergy world besides in the form of tequila pleases students at parties. But it is very economical and environmental terms is very acceptable and suitable for the production capacities of Africa, Australia and Mexico.

The study was conducted at the University of Illinois, and the details published in the journal Global Change Biology Bioenergy. The scientists are based on 14 sub-studies concluded that two types of agave are incredibly high biofuel potential, much higher than that of corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum.

A world without birds - how would it look like?

2011-02-17T11:39:00.000-08:00

Extinction of birds has long term negative effects on flora and fauna, is seeking urgent measures to protect endangered species

Every eight bird species is threatened with extinction, according to a research of Bird Life International, and the main causes can be found in deforestation and urbanization. Particularly affected by New Zealand on which they were in the 17 and 18 century, together with colonies of people arrived mammals, especially rats, who assailed the birds' eggs. It is believed that it was precisely because of bird populations in New Zealand halved. New Zealand scientists have therefore decided to investigate the impact of birds on the world ecosystem, and reached the conclusion that we should be worried.

Birds pollinate many plants, certain species of birds are even specialized for a particular plant. It would be logical that the survival of plants depends primarily on the survival of birds, but this claim has not yet been any clear evidence. The five-year investigation led by New Zealand scientists Sandra Anderson brings us the first concrete evidence, reports the journal Science. The study focused on the bush Rhabdothamnus solandri with delicate orange flowers, and only three species of birds that pollinate them, and whose survival is threatened.

Scientists track changes in spreading shrub, depending on the existence of certain birds in a given area. On the main island, which has survived only one bird species, the number of bush fruits was significantly lower, and one bush has produced only 37 seeds. In contrast, the island where the presence of all three species is one of Bush even gave 232 seeds. Similar results are obtained when we compare the number of new and old shrubs, which indicated that the birds directly affect his long-term survival.

In Europe, responsible for the pollination of bees (which are also endangered) and bumblebees, but the birds and an important element of the ecosystem because they provide dispersal of seeds in the wider area. Furthermore, many birds feed on insects that damage agricultural crops. As shown in a New Zealand study, the extinction of birds has long term negative effects on flora and fauna, and the process will continue if not take appropriate protective measures.

It is possible - fuel from spinach

2011-02-17T11:32:00.000-08:00

Popeye was right: to get the energy all we need is sun and spinach

Researchers have long tried to reproduce the way in which photosynthetic organisms use energyfrom sunlight to separated water into oxygen and hydrogen, which subsequently react with carbondioxide to produce sugar.

But now a team of scientists led by Hugh O'Neill from the American office for energy, proteins,combined with the light sensitive components, known as polymers and platinum catalysts, toproduce a membrane that generates hydrogen from sunlight. Scientists have extracted proteinsfrom spinach, then add the liquid containing copolymers and sodium hexachloroplatinate, whichturns the plate in the presence of light and protein.

Proteins react with the copolymer, forming layers like those naturally found in photosynthetic membranes. When researchers studied these layers, they found that the membrane produces hydrogen. What is interesting, it continued to produce the next 100 hours.

Protein molecules absorb sunlight and releases electrons, transferring them to the platinum molecules. Platinum then catalyzes the reduction of protons to hydrogen, which can be used as fuel.

Silk production and humane alternatives

2010-10-04T16:57:00.000-07:00

To produce 100 grams of silk, it is necessary to kill approximately 1500 silkworms to cook them alive.

Farming

Several shells are preserved in order to develop butterflies needed for reproduction. When the female lays eggs, crushed because of health checks. If it turns out that she was sick, her eggs are destroyed.
After mating, the male butterflies are closed in the basket and thrown away. Due to several generations of breeding butterflies have no longer the ability to fly and are often eaten by birds from a bucket in front of the silk farm.

The process of silk production

Silk is a fiber produced by silk worms to build shells. Silkworm is a female moth which lays 400-600 eggs of tiny light, from which hatch the little black caterpillars. they changed their skin four times in lifetime and then make a shell from which then appear re-formed butterfly. Caterpillars before they became a shell feed intensive silk leaf. For half of its life the caterpillar begins to knit its sleeve, which is the main aim of these processes.

When the cocoon is complete, preventing the formation of butterfly caterpillars so they can stifle the hot steam or direct exposure to bright sunlight sleeve. In this way, the silk thread remained unbroken, and is 300-350 meters long and can not be prestigious.

Humane alternatives

Such a cruel way of getting the silk is completely unnecessary, because it is possible to get silk from the cocoon from which the butterflies flew, and so let them live their entire life cycle. Silk would be in this case, spun, as they spin other fibers such as cotton. So, we do not need any cultivation of silkworms, because abandoned wells can be found in nature. Also, getting dropped from the cocoon of nature instead of breeding butterflies, to respect the natural balance that is environmentally and ethically acceptable. The resulting silk is called Ahimsa Peace Silk.

Humane alternatives include synthetic materials and a silky cotton.

Production of wool: shearing pain

2010-10-04T16:46:00.000-07:00

Many people believe that helps animals who would otherwise be burdened with too much wool. However, without human interference, sheep have just enough wool to protect them from temperature extremes. Fleece is a successful insulation from the cold and heat. Before the invention of hair clippers, in 1000 AD, the only way to get the wool was pulling out during the shedding season. Breeding for steady growth began after the appearance of hair clippers.

There are alternatives

There are alternatives to wool clothes and blankets that many people are allergic to wool are already using, such as cotton, flannel, polyester, and many other artificial materials. Are easily washable, does not shrink, the colors they do not fade, they are affordable and do not contribute to cruelty.

More vegetarian quotes

2010-10-04T16:37:00.000-07:00

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803rd-1882nd, American writer and politician)
You just have lunch, and no matter how careful and tactical distance from the slaughterhouse, you are an accomplice.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844th-1900th)
All ancient philosophy was focused on simplicity of life and taught a life without request. In this respect more for humanity do vegetarians by philosophical conviction rather than all new philosophers together, and until we gather up the courage to completely change their lifestyle and to show by example, nothing of them.

Pythagoras (580th to 500th pr.ne, Greek philosopher and mathematician)
Until people are killing animals they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of death and pain can not reap joy and love.
If you claim that you are by nature destined for the meat type nutrition, then first kill on your own what you eat. However, do it by hand, without the help of a meat ax, a knife or any weapon.
Should a man of my intellect eat the corpses ?

L.N. Tolstoy (1828th-1910th, Russian writer)
When a person freely and honestly seek the moral path, the first of which must turn to the meat ... Vegetarianism is the criterion by which we can identify whether a person's tendency towards moral perfection, honestly and seriously.
Scary is not suffering and death of animals, but that man himself suppress his highest spiritual feelings of compassion and pity towards his fellow creatures, and by running their own feelings becomes cruel.

Thoughts and statements from famous vegetarians

2010-10-04T16:14:00.000-07:00

Horace (65th to 8th BC, classical Roman poet)
Take a risk and be wise! Stop killing animals! Those who speculate only one hour a perfect life, like the farmer who waits for the river runs dry, instead of being passed.

Thomas Alva Edison (1847th to 1931st, an American inventor, among others: lamps, turntables and a microphone)
I am a vegetarian and anti alcoholic, so i can better use my brain.
Nonviolence is a way to be more ethical, which is the overall goal of evolution. Until you stop the evil apply to all living beings, we will continue to be just wild beasts.

Jean Paul (1763rd-1825th, German poet)
Righteous God! How many hours of torturing animals is soldered to one minute ceremony to the human language.

Alexander von Humboldt (1769th-1859th, founder scientific research of Earth)
Cruelty to animals can not describe any of the true end of education or erudition. It is one of the vices of the most simple and low people.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452nd-1519th, Italian universal genius, an artist and scientist)
Truly man is the king of animals, because of his cruelty surpasses theirs. We live by the death of another. We are walking graves!
I'm gave up in the youngest age eating meat. The time will come when killing animals will be observed with the same eyes as the murder of a man.
Anyone who does not value life, it does not deserve it.

How a man raped the sea

2010-10-04T09:34:00.000-07:00

Cataclysmic extinction of marine life began when early man learned how to fish with primitive hooks made of animal bones. The devastation continued into the next millennia, and today the world's oceans eerie nothingness that can barely recall the times when life flourished in them.

These thoughts are not mental formations of some sort of a environmental warrior, but a serious assessment of 19 leading ecologists, which on Thursday published a scholarly article about the mass killings in the oceans in the journal Science.

Based on the study of thousands of years old fossils, notes in the past few centuries, and contemporary data, the researchers built a picture of losses since the beginning of human exploitation of the sea in search of food than 100,000 years ago. They found that even areas, which were believed to be teeming with life are now only a shadow of organic resources that existed in periods before the canoe, galeons and giant tankers.

Deadly chain reaction began, the moment when the man began to catch fish on the hook. Environmentalists have set three periods of extermination that has inspired man. The first period marked by the use of indigenous boats for fishing, etc., colonial expansion in the 15th century, a third globalized exploitation of the industrial fisheries, which reached its height in the second half of the 20th century.

To learn the state of the ocean before people started to build a primitive boat, ecologists have studied the layers of old and more than 125,000 years and archaeological data on the coastal settlements of people from 10,000 years ago, and historical evidence about fishing and colonial expansion in the last 6 centuries .

One example of the collapse of ecosystems is described in the story of an ancient type of massive algae in the northern Pacific Ocean that existed 20 million years as the vast areas of dense vegetation in the sea where wildlife flourishes. Their devastation began 2,500 years ago when the inhabitants of the Pacific streams began to hunt sea otters, which are fed with sea urchins, which in turn grazing algae. As the natives significantly reduce the number of otters, sea urchins have multiplied and become more and more destroyed by algae.

Also similar are the sad stories about the fall of oyster and coral reefs and many other marine creatures that are now or at the end or does not exist.

Greenpeace tips about nutrition

2010-10-04T09:23:00.000-07:00

Eat foods from the bottom of the food chain - fruit and vegetable production requires far less energy than meat production.

Production of meat from land animals and fish in general is bad for the planet. Take, for example, beef. Livestock must be fed huge quantities of grain to produce the smallest amount of animal protein for human consumption. According to the Worldwatch Institute, the total amount of soybeans and grains given to cattle in the United States could feed all the people on the planet about five times.

A livestock is not only a waste of food but also the devastation of the country. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture, livestock includes as much as 30% of the Earth's surface (including pasture and arable land for growing crops for human consumption).

There is a problem association of meat consumption and climate change. Researchers from the University of Chicago, calculated that the average American who eats meat a year to prevent the release of 1.5 tons of greenhouse gases cause when they moved to the diet based on herbs.

Methane, nitrous oxide and industrial gases are important greenhouse gases. The main sources of methane derived from animal breeding, animal husbandry, and deforestation due to new areas for grazing and farming. Livestock is also a major cause of nitric oxide. Each kilogram of meat produced causes the release of greenhouse gases whose impact is equivalent to the impact of three to four kilograms of CO2.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), livestock is responsible for about 18% of total greenhouse gas emissions - due to a very high amount of energy consumed to produce fertilizer, harvesting the rainforest for grazing and growing feed for livestock, and large amounts of methane produced from cattle dung.

Nonetheless many chemicals released into the environment are stored and gradually accumulate in the fatty tissues of animals.

Choose a nutrition based on herbs!

Hunting is a massacre, not a sport

2010-10-04T09:12:00.000-07:00

The word sport is synonymous with competition and rivalry, not a killing from ambush or stalking innocent animals. In this context, the word hunting before it can be identified with the massacre, and the act of hunting barbaric and cruel ways of 'entertainment'.

Species such as bears, wolves and white-headed vulture is brought to the very brink of extinction only by 'merit' hunters. Overfishing of the animals are exterminated rather than be protected, and many farm animals for hunters only serve as a preparation for the killing. In other words, the animals are raised in farms that were later released into the country and killed.

In the West, the growing phenomenon of eco-tourism, or 'hunting' on animal with cameras, not guns. The eco-tourism is a large potential - new jobs, a large inflow of foreign and domestic tourists, and exploring nature. Environment and approaching animals that no longer hanging from the walls as trophies but to live their lives are true and not fake. For this reason, the AFC welcome and advocate for promoting eco-tourism instead of the barbaric and inhumane hunting of innocent animals.

Skewers of soy chunks, mushrooms and vegetables

2010-10-04T09:00:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
soy chips
onions and other various vegetables
soy sauce
mushrooms
flour

Preparation: soybean pieces boil, drain, vegetables such as onions, peppers, zucchini, cut eggplant and put all together on the skewers. Prepare the marinade of soy sauce, pepper, garlic and other seasonings as desired. Leave the skewers little to be marinated and then cook them on the grill, or hot oil.

Croquettes of cereals and legumes

2010-10-04T08:52:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1 cup carrots cut into sticks
water
a pinch of salt
2 cups of cooked rice or millet
1 cup minced parsley
a little flour if necessary
dark sesame oil

Preparation: Boil the carrots for 2-3 minutes with a pinch of salt in the bowl in which 1 cm of water, until tender. Save water to the sauce. Drain the carrots and mix with cooked grains and parsley. Form a ball or oval shapes. If the mixture is too dry, put some flour with little water to wet, to keep the ball shape. If it is moist, roll the ball in dry flour. After formatting, the ball fry in hot oil for several minutes, until they become golden and crispy.

Peppers stuffed with pumpkin and potato

2010-10-04T08:43:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
dozen of green peppers
for the filling: 1 / 2 kg cut into small cubes of potatoes
30 g sliced into small cubes of yellow pumpkin
onion
oil
salt
pepper
a tablespoon of tomato puree

Preparation: Clean the vegetables, slice the potatoes and pumpkin. Fry the onions to be vitreous. All combine and spice. Fill peppers, arrange them in an ovenproof dish and pour any oil. Place in a preheated oven at 220-230 degrees Celsius and bake for 25-30 minutes.

Cannelloni with spinach

2010-10-03T16:18:00.000-07:00

Ingredients (3-4 persons):
600 g fresh or frozen spinach
200 g of cannelloni without eggs
3 onions
3 cloves of garlic
4 tablespoons of olive oil
salt
about 2 tablespoons of margarine
3 tablespoons of heavy soy cream
the sauce:
6 tablespoons ofmargarine
6 tablespoons of flour
2 dl of soy milk without sugar
salt
nutmeg powder

Preparation: Wash the fresh spinach, chop into small pieces and then cook for about 5 minutes (frozen is already washed and chopped and blanched). Onion cut into small pieces. In a saucepan heat the oil, onion and simmer about 4 minutes. Add strained / thawed spinach, finely chopped garlic, cream and salt. For the sauce heat the butter, add flour and stir constantly. After about a minute slowly add milk and mix until it densifies. Salt it and add a little nutmeg. Fill canneloni spinach over a bowl that will be used for baking in the oven, the best tea-spoon and your fingers - it does not matter if something ends up in a bowl for baking. Furl cannelloni to each other and all pour over the sauce (make sure that everything is well shed, otherwise cannelloni will remain hard ). Add a couple of 'pile' of margarine on top. Bake for about 40 minutes at 200 ° C.

Baked lasagna with tofu

2010-10-03T16:02:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1 teaspoon dark sesame oil
1 cup freshly shelled peas
grains of an ear of corn
chopped 1 cup port diced
1 teaspoon tamari sauce
12 lasagna from whole flour 20-25 cm long

Preparation: sauté peas, corn and onions in a pan on the sesame oil for about 5 minutes or until it tender. Mash tofu in suribachi or in a bowl and add vegetables. Sprinkle with tamari at the ingredients, stir well and cook for 1-2 minutes. Lasagna cook separately in a large pot. put a layer of cooked lasagna at the bottom. Alternately put layers of vegetables and tofu lasagna with layers, ending with lasagne. Cover pan and bake for 20-25 minutes in oven preheated to 180 C. When you are finished, lasagne must eventually be crispy. Remove and serve with Kuzu-tamari sauce.

A vegan diet reduces the risk of arthritis, heart attack and stroke

2010-10-03T15:42:00.000-07:00

Scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, published a study in the journal Arthritis Research and Therapy showing that a vegan diet can reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, as well as facilitate the disease.

Rheumatoid arthritis is considered an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Researchers studied 66 adults with rheumatoid arthritis, the average age of 50 years. 38 persons placed on a vegan diet (no foods of animal origin) in which carbohydrates provided 60% of daily calories, fat 30% and 10% protein.

28 people tested in the control group were on a diet that includes animal foods with a similar ratio of carbohydrates, fats and proteins as well as those on a vegan diet. They were encouraged to eat five or more times per day fruits and vegetables you eat complex carbs such as potatoes and whole grains instead of refined.

After a year, scientists have measured a few bio-indicators at all persons and noticed that people in the vegan group experienced a drop in body mass index, total cholesterol and LDL ('bad') cholesterol. Levels of triglycerides and HLD ("good") cholesterol remained unchanged. It happened, and increasing levels of 'antiPC' antibodies, which are believed to help protect the body from cardiovascular disease.

These findings are compatible with previous test results of persons on vegetarian / vegan diet, which showed decreases in blood pressure, lower BMI and lower risk of cardiovascular disease, said the scientists.

Around 20 million people worldwide suffer from rheumatoid arthritis. High levels of LDL and total cholesterol, and high body mass index are risk factors for heart attack and stroke.

Research indicates that a vegan diet directly affects the maintenance of good health.

Reasons for the meat-free diet

2010-09-19T10:30:00.000-07:00

There are many reasons for vegetarianism, so many organizations are asking people to think about the future of their nutrition.

For themselves

Cessation of eating meat you will reduce your risk of getting heart disease, drops, cancer and other chronic diseases that disable and kill over three million people a year, which is documented and confirmed by hundreds of studies. It also will guarantee that your energy level up, simplify the preparation of meals and reduce the bill for food, not to mention a cleaner conscience.

For their children

Ejection of meat will help protect soil, water and other sources of food production that are important to the survival of your children and their children.

For natural resources and hunger in the world

By ejectment of the meat you will allow the wheat and other crops that are now fattened billion animal nutrition and rescue hungry people in the world. Meat diet is very extravagant and eating meat means supporting the hunger in the world and unequal distribution of food. In addition, there is much additional consumption of fossil fuels, electricity, drinking water and so on.

For air

Ammonia gas that comes from the barn where the cattle keep the CO2 emissions caused by the breeding of animals causes more harm than all the cars and factories in the world together. Global warming is directly linked to diet.

For water

The amount of water for ten cuts equal to the amount of water consumed by the average family in the whole year. Only in the U.S. meat industry is polluting the water as all industries and all the towns together. About 50% of water pollution in Europe caused a massive animal husbandry.

For Forest

Since 1970. more than 20 million hectares of tropical forests has been converted into pastures. Ruthlessly killing and destruction of forests threatens many animal and plant species, but also local residents. Already one third of the Earth's surface is used for animal husbandry.
For Animals

With ejecting the meat you will save innocent, sentient beings from their confinement, isolation, lack of rights, poisoning, mutilation, torture and slaughter. Animals have the right to life, and is currently being billions of lives in the terrible suffering of the farms around the world. Isolated and imprisoned awaiting their turn to the slaughter. And kill them because consumers who buy meat and meat products. Stand it on end, prevent suffering and slaughter of animals - become a vegetarian.

Meat has a disastrous impact on climate

2010-09-19T08:50:00.000-07:00

Meat production is the culprit for the emission of greenhouse gases by 18 percent

Meat is considered as a status symbol and a sign of prosperity. Who can afford, daily sets it on the table. However, the best source of protein has a disastrous impact for the environment. Cars, factories and aircraft are not the only culprits for global warming - one of the perpetrators are in fact almost daily on our plate: meat! On the international 'Green Week' which was held in Berlin from 16 to 25 January to meet producers from all over the world to present their agricultural products. Marianne Thieme from the 'Party for Animals' in The Hague in his film to emphasize the detrimental role of meat. She made a film called 'Meat the Truth', which was conceived as a sequel to 'An Inconvenient Truth' by Al Gore. 'Intensive breeding of livestock leads to much greater production of greenhouse gases than all the planes and cars together. Vegetarian who drives a luxury car is less environmentally friendly than someone who eats meat and drives a Toyota Prius, says Marianne Thieme. It is in fact rely on the numbers and the Organization for Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Cow as a car

The entire transport sector - airplanes, cars, trains - according to FAO produces 14 percent of emissions that affect the creation of the greenhouse effect. Production of meat on the other side 'to blame' for as much as 18 percent of emissions. This one comes in second place, immediately after the coal fired power station. The reason is that due to production of meat they cut large forested areas, primarily in Brazil. Production of one kilogram of beef results in Brazil with nearly 60 pounds of carbon dioxide. But there is another factor, Thieme says, 'Excuse me being so direct, but with every release of gas or belching out methane from cows, and this is another harmful gas. " Transform the methane into carbon dioxide, then every cow in the year through their digestion produces CO2, which corresponds to the amount by half past four cars of the middle class. For Marianne Thieme is a logical answer: we must eat less meat. The Netherlands Minister of Agriculture Gerda Verburg wont even to hear. In her opinion, Thieme exaggeration, because the difference would not be found even if they stopped eating meat. Production of substitutes for meat and cheese also lead to the creation o f greenhouse gases, said Verburg. However, Thieme believes: 'Of course that does not mean that the meat is replaced by a different animal proteins. We generally eat less animal protein. "
Fasting for nature

'If in a week we throw a meat for one day, our government would be without much hesitation, to exercise their environmental objectives. " Party for Animals is the first such political party in the world that entered the national parliament. During the last parliamentary elections 2006th Party of the 150 seats in parliament won two. In the meantime, the party is represented with a place in the Senate. However, it is still 'small', so for her the other parties in parliament do not see a great future. The film 'Meat the truth' is currently on a world tour in America. In many other countries in the world have also established the Party for Animals, for example in Austria, Britain, Italy and Brazil.

Facts

Cloned

Apart from problems with the environment, a great deal of discussion takes about cloned animals. Meat of these animals can be risky for the health of consumers - so he decided the European Office for Food Safety.

Carefree U.S.

Americans are convinced that no cloned meat or milk from cloned cows is not a risk to human health. U.S. Office for the control of food allowed the sale in early 2008. year.

Expanding The Circle

2010-09-18T17:24:00.000-07:00

Historically, man has expanded the boundaries of their ethical scope, as they decrease the ignorance and the need, initially over the family and tribe, later beyond religion, race and nation.

The broader inclusion of animal species in the same framework of ethics, according to the present, normal, way of thinking may seem unthinkable. But one day, maybe after ten or maybe after a hundred years, it will be seen as common standards and requirements of the 'civilized' behavior.

(What Humans Owe to Animals, The Economist, 19/08/1995)

The rights of human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when the one who receives it is helpless.

The real moral test of humanity, its fundamental test (which is hidden away from view), consists of attitude towards those that are fully in its mercy: animals.

In this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental defeat, a defeat that is so fundamental that all others stem from defeating him.

(Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 1984.)

People - who enslave, castrate, experiment on them and turn the fillets to animals - were understandable affinity for pretending that animals do not feel pain. Clear distinction between humans and the 'animal' is essentially important if you intend to submit to his will, make them work for us, wear them, eat them - without any indication of guilt and regret.

It is shameless of us who often behave so insensitive to animals, argued that only humans can suffer. Animal behavior proves that such claims are misleading. Animals are simply to similar to us.

(Dr. Carl Sagan & Dr. Ann Druyan, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, 1992).

The European Parliament has defined the terms vegetarian and vegan

2010-09-18T16:44:00.000-07:00

Although vegetarianism exists thousands of years and means not eating meat from animals, this term is recently used for themselves and people who eat certain types of meat. It has become conventional wisdom that those who eat only meat and fish so. seafood called pescetarians. Those who eat all kinds of meat except so called red meat are called semivegetarians. There were new fictitious group, so called flexitarians generally do not eat meat, but when they are in society or to visit relatives adjust your diet and eat it, so called new vegetarians are omnivores, which in turn, with meat, like to eat plenty of vegetables and fruits.

Since most of under-educated people is still looking to vegetarianism as an alternative, an unequal and less valuable form of nutrition in relation to the usual diet in Western societies, it is unclear why people who eat meat want to force to call themselves vegetarians. However, regardless of the fashionable trends, it is important to clarify the concept of vegetarianism in order to properly and consistently used in daily use. So many vegetarians will no longer be deprived of vegetarian food in restaurants and other public places, where often the vegetarian menu are fish and other marine animals, as well as chicken, turkey, etc. Also, clear clarification of the concept of vegetarianism, which protects consumers which, because of their own choice or specific health problems (allergies, intolerance to certain ingredients in food, etc.) want to buy vegetarian products.

Deceptive terms such as semivegetarians, pescetarians, flexitarians etc. hindering the proper understanding of vegetarianism as a diet that excludes the consumption of any kind of meat from animals. For comparison, those who smoke only a few types of cigarettes could be the same logic to called semi smokers, which would be absurd. Equally, and with vegetarianism.

Therefore, in order to be abolished misconceptions about the content of vegetarian diets, the European Parliament's had in 16th June 2010. passed an amendment that gives the legal definition and protection of the term 'vegetarian' and 'vegan'. This amendment excludes from the use of expressions like semi vegetarianism and guarantees that the products that are declared as 'vegetarian' does not include products from any animal, nor of fish, and those with the declaration 'vegan' or any foods of animal origin such as milk, eggs and honey.

The amendment will concepts like semi vegetarianism and flexitarianism exclude from use, it will bring order in the labeling of products and understanding of vegetarian diets. It is expected that, in accordance with this amendment, all of which use the division of vegetarian food from caterers, publisher of the recipes, nutritionists, manufacturers and others comply with the defined terms 'vegetarian' and 'vegan'.

So, vegetarians do not eat any kind of animal meat, including fish and other aquatic animals. Within vegetarianism ovo lacto vegetarians eat eggs and dairy products, while lacto vegetarians eat dairy products, and do not eat eggs. Vegans, often referred to as virtual or pure vegetarians, do not eat meat, milk, eggs, honey, and therefore, any food of animal origin.

The animals exploited for food

2010-09-18T16:38:00.000-07:00

The word vegetarian comes from the Latin word vegetus, meaning healthy, fresh and full of life, or homo vegetus, which means - physically and mentally healthy person. The original meaning of the word indicates a balanced philosophical sense of life, not just a diet consisting of fruits and vegetables.

Did you know that vegetarianism is spreading like fire throughout the planet? Millions of people today are vegetarians, and each week they join several thousand other people.

People become vegetarian on ethical grounds, because they believe that animals have a right to their own lives and that it is wrong to kill them, torture and exploit for human needs. In addition to unnecessary genocide of animals for breeding animals consume food that could feed hungry people, destroying fertile land, burning forests, poison the water and air, and many are aware of the ecological reasons and do not eat animals because they believe that vegetarian diet is crucial for saving the planet, according to the industry of meat, milk and eggs to destroy the Earth tremendous speed. Also, people think on their own health. It is known that a cocktail of toxins found in animal meat destroys human health, and to extend the life of Vegetarianism and protects our health.

Therefore, vegetarians do not eat animals, meat and fish, but many do not even eat eggs, while vegetarians or vegans do not eat milk and all foods of animal origin.

Think of the animals, the planet, forests, water, air, earth, the hungry children and your health!

Codex of vegan ethics

2010-09-08T12:14:00.000-07:00

The vegan ethics codex that was developed by Stanley M. Saponi, was first published in The Vegan Sourcebook mentioning basic principles of vegan lifestyle, followed by some examples of how vegans apply these principles in everyday life:

* Vegans are sensitive to instances of suffering, therefore vegans reject actions that cause emotional pain to mobile living beings, whether animals or humans, either intentionally or unconsciously.
* Vegans value unity of all life forms, therefore, vegans try to avoid conscious destruction of vegetation and the exploitation of natural environment in a way that endangers the local and global ecosystems.
* Vegans condemn the violence, therefore, vegans try to solve the physical and social challenges in thoughtful, kind, compassionate, considerate and fair manner.
* Vegans are spreading general principles of solidarity, therefore, vegans strive to active welfare, taking part in humanitarian actions and acts of mercy.

There are several ways in which vegans have shown their commitment to this code of ethics: they are choosing only plant foods, denying their economic and moral support to companies that are exploiting or abusing animals or humans, choosing materials and products that do not destroy and do not disrupt the emotional lives of beings; actively reject use of living things as tools or materials for education, research, entertainment or other utilitarian purposes, trying to resolve the conflict by means of understanding, respect and non-violent methods. Their approaches to veganism vary just like vegans themselfs. There is no best way to become a vegan. It all depends on your level of commitment and motivation, as well on which manner is most comfortable to you. For many people, once they discover the reality behind their diet and become more aware of the widespread use of animal products in other areas of everyday life, is not left no choice but to make a quick and total change to veganism. Other people prefer a slower change that allows them to try the water before they jump into it.

Meaning of the vegan lifestyle

2010-09-08T11:57:00.000-07:00

When a heart is trembling, stir the passions, so it is no surprise that many new vegans enters into such a lifestyle with a vengeance in mind. What healthy, compassionate, conscious person would not express his anger because of ruthless deception and the frequent injustices that serve as fuel of the modern economy? However, immersed in the ecstasy, many new vegans forget the real goal of veganism. It can lead to obsession if you forget the fact that compassion, not perfection, a sense of vegan living. Our world is not ideal. Therefore, working on trying to achieve the impossible is exhausting and can lead to despair or abandonment of vegan lifestyle.

Like a Crusade, extermination and the smallest remnants of animal products from our life is meaningless, because in modern society it is simply not feasible. Parts of animal bodies, waste or by-products exist in virtually all things. If the attention of vegans is focused on the removal of the smallest animal components from all public and private affairs, it will leave them neither the time nor the strength to focus on education and other activities that could be much more productive.

If it is not possible to completely cleanse our lives from animal products, whether it makes sense, then clean it only partially? Does veganism even make sense?

Vegans are the pioneers in realizing the revolutionary view of life, views that the world is still not ready to accept. In all successful social movements, progressive ideas are always met with resistance. Denial and opposition is expected, maybe even invoke, because they are necessary preconditions for a change. Success can not always measure the achievement of the ultimate goal, really experience very few activists achieve their goals. Formulate concepts and strategies are launching the genesis of cultural change and an indispensable part of starting a permanent transformation, although the rewards, at least on the surface, sometimes seem insignificant.

Ethics of Compassion

2010-09-08T11:43:00.000-07:00

It can lead to obsession if you forget the fact that compassion, not perfection, a sense of vegan living. Our world is not ideal. Therefore, work on trying to achieve the impossible is exhausting and can lead to despair or abandonment vegan lifestyle

Veganism means awakening, awareness and out of the fog that protects most people from suffering and death - the horror that continues forever just out of habit, for pleasure and profit. Many vegans also excites the process and discouraged. Vegans notice the wonders and beauty of the living world, its flexibility, resilience, and splendor, and watch it again with the eyes of a child.

At the same time waking up is painful. Consciousness is not restricted to the attractive side of life, it also reveals repulsive and disgusting sides. However, watching with wide-open eyes gives clearer view of the essence of life and promote a deep and meaningful internal growth. People who are protected from the crude reality never fully develop its gentle and sympathetic nature. Until the sharp edges cut through the anxiety of surface shell of the heart, compassion will remain alien concept.

Vegan attitude: approach based on the results

2010-09-08T11:34:00.000-07:00

Characterization of veganism as just avoiding the list of ingredients is not the best way to achieve results. Therefore veganism will work on stopping cruelty to animals.

Working to stop cruelty to animals is a clear motivation that others can easily understand. This practical oriented approach to the finish line, shows how veganism is a progressive way the world are doing better.

Although everyone's views on veganism exclude supporting industrial farms and slaughterhouses, there are many instances when access is based on the results, we can help more animals from the approach based only on the avoidance of products (food and others) associated with the use of animals.

For example, the film (which contains gelatin) for a camera with which many, due to the visual impact of photographs and films that have documented many abusers, so save the animals and help the spread of veganism. Today, analog cameras can be replaced by digital, but we must ask ourselves is spending money on replacing more of the functional items with new best way of opposing cruelty to animals. A similar situation exists with leather and wool items that were purchased before someone decided to be vegan. Can it be that money is better spent creating a source for spreading vegetarianism, such as the printing of literature?

Is the vegan world possible?

2010-09-08T11:23:00.000-07:00

Many people agree that the animal farming is cruel and unethical exploitation of animals, but believe that their efforts will never make any noticeable difference, but consider the development of the situation:

Imagine that one of us make the impact of only one person to move to the vegan lifestyle on average every five years and that person also affect one new person every five years. Although the change was imperceptible at first, until the middle of the century a large percentage of the human population would become a vegan and a lot of suffering would be prevented. As more people stop eating animals, it will be more vegan offer for everyone, so others will much easier change their habits. whit that pace should be only a few decades to move all people to the vegan lifestyle.

So we change our way of life, but we must also affect others to stop human exploitation and killing of animals and make this world better for all its residents as soon as we became vegan. and thus better .

Cauliflower with tomato sauce

2010-09-07T16:59:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1 large cauliflower
for the sauce:
1 kg ripe tomatoes
2 onions
2 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons chopped basil leaves
1 tablespoon olive oil
1.5 grams of margarine
4 grams of bread crumbs
1 tablespoon chopped herbs ( sage, thyme, rosemary and oregano)
2 tablespoons parsley, salt, pepper

Preparation: Pour tomatoes with hot water so they are easier to peel and cut into cubes. Peel and chop onion and braised it on oil. Add tomatoes, chopped garlic and basil, salt. When you boil, reduce heat and cook for another 40 minutes. Put pepper in it. In the meantime, clean and wash the cauliflower and divide into pieces. Steamed for about 20 minutes and strain. The margarine burned crumbs. Add chopped herbs and parsley, spice. Cauliflower spread on the tray, pour part of the sauce and sprinkle bread crumbs. Serve remaining sauce separately.

Stew of kale and seitan

2010-09-07T16:48:00.000-07:00

Ingredients (for two persons):

500 g kale
3-4 cups water
3 tablespoons of oat flakes
1.5 teaspoon salt
1 / 2 cubes vegetable concentrate
4 cloves garlic
300 g seitan
nutmeg, mustard, salt (for marinating)
oil for frying
1 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation: Put the water and cabbage in a pot, washed and cut into strips with a central, hard part of the leaves. When water boils, reduce the flame and cook for 10 minutes. Add oatmeal and all blended solid mixer. Marinate seitan cubes with nutmeg, mustard and salt. Roll marinated seitan in flour and fry in hot oil. Blended kale back to light the flame and add the other spices and cubes of fried seitan. Cook another 5 minutes over low heat to connect components.

Vegetarian cookbook

2010-09-07T16:39:00.000-07:00

The wealth of vegetarian cuisine is immensely. Going to the meat-free diet you will find lots of excellent taste, variety of foods and dishes.

Beginners in vegetarian diets can find products of plant origin which copied the taste of meat, but also further expand the horizons of its vast range of food products and dishes, legumes, grains, mushrooms, seeds, vegetables and fruit. Vegetarian food is varied, delicious, healthy, ecological and ethical and this is the food of the future. Try great recipes from our cookbook!

'What is the healthiest way of eating that will provide as with all the necessary input of nutrients? Today we know that the answer to this question is: 'A balanced vegetarian diet that includes the use of various fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds!

The secret of youth is the water in vegetables?

2010-09-07T16:18:00.000-07:00

Key of health lies in maintaining strong skin cells that can retain water in the way that it can youth channel. If you can protect and maintain the cell membrane (from brain, heart and the connective tissue and skin cells) supplying them with water and nutrients, can successfully fight against aging and disease.

Most people accept the signs of aging, such as excessive weight, fatigue and illness. But the truth is that 80 percent chance of longevity depends on lifestyle, not genes.

Why the body contains only about 50 percent water? Contrary to common opinion, we do not have 75-80 percent water. Once we were and that was while we still lived in his mother's womb. But now we are closer to the figure of 50 percent. Since those early years, external and internal factors are damaging our cells and weaken their ability to retain water. This explains the signs of aging that began in the early 30's team.

Eat to maintain moisture - it's easy to bring 2.5 liters of water a day without having to drink large amounts. Almost all food contains water and, no natural whole foods have the most. Colorful fruits and vegetables contain lots of water with nutrients is the best form of water for us because it remains in the body long enough to be used.

Eat raw - cooking vegetables destroys the membranes of cells and allows the water to drain from them. This is why vegetables weighs less after cooking, and why it is recommended a lot of raw fruits.
What is the secret of water? When our cells are not fully hydrated, decaying and can not function normally. This leads to tissue damage that we call aging. As we age, we lose water naturally. Because of this loss to us all the more difficult to recover it, to fight bacteria and pathogens and to maintain hormonal balance. But there is a trick. It is not enough to just drink water to keep your skin recover.

Many people believe that drinking eight to ten glasses of water a solution for proper moisturizing. However, it is not just about drinking, but about bringing liquids in the cells and connective tissue to each cell to function at full capacity. If you want more of the cell membrane, to stimulate the regeneration of connective tissues and maintain a stable immune system have the authority to bring the necessary nutrients.

Amount of water in food:

* Watermelon, cucumber 97 percent

* 95 percent of tomatoes

* 92 percent of eggplant

* 88 percent of carrot

* Peach 87 percent

* Wholemeal bread 33 percent

Should we eat orange peel?

2010-09-07T13:23:00.000-07:00

Although almost implies that we should remove peel from orange before eating and possibly used only in cakes, nutritionists warn that we should eat the whole orange - with the peel.

While freshly squeezed orange juice contains only 25% of the nutritional value of fruit in the peel, especially the inner white part, there are over 60% of fiber, antioxidant vitamins of whole orange.

The white part of peel that has properties that act to prevent cancer, and contains by far the largest percentage of bioflavonid (antioxidants) and vitamin C.

Nutritionists warn that when you remove the peel from the fruit you should leave as much white peel, also occasionally you can eat and non-peeled orange.

Uttwiler Sptlauber apples

2010-09-07T13:11:00.000-07:00

Do not try to pronounce the name of the apple Uttwiler Sptlauber, becouse you will break your tongue! Instead of words switch to the deeds and take a bite into this healthy apple, which is recommends by Michelle Obama.

The rare and almost extinct varieties of apple from the 18 century, cultivated only in Swiss orchards. After you collect, it remains fresh and up to four months. During this period, all other types of apples are rotten and wrinkled.

It is believed that stem cells found in Uttwiler Sptlauber apple stimulate human stem cells to protect the regeneration of skin cells, thus delaying the appearance of wrinkles. Experts believe that these apples protect the skin from harmful UV rays.

Health Benefits of Kiwi Fruit

2010-09-07T12:58:00.000-07:00

We have heard countless times the advice ''eat green'', which sometimes can go on your nerves, but the advice it is really useful.

Kiwi is green colored and rich in vitamin C (even more than oranges, and only two kiwi fruits contain 240% of the total daily requirement for vitamin C) and potassium, Kiwi is an excellent alternative if you do not like spinach. Cut it in half and add it to breakfast with cereals and yogurt.

It contains significant amount of magnesium, also is a great source of antioxidants. Kiwi is extremely poor in fat and rich in vitamin E, which is a rarity because it is soluble vitamin E in fats, in the largest quantities coming in fatty foods.

So, although its external appearance is not so attractive, below its crust are many ingredients which make the kiwi and named''super fruit''.

Vegetarians live healthier and longer

2010-09-04T18:17:00.000-07:00

In a time of overdosed poultry and other cattle or pig diseases, vegetarianism is becoming more then a trend, and even biggest meat advocates are seriously considering capitulation.

From day to day there is more of those who become vegetarians as once were Pythagoras, Socrates, Leonardo de Vinci, Newton, Einstein and Voltaire, and today are Sting, Paul Mc Cartney, Martina Navratilova, Dennis Rodman, Bob Dylan and Pink.
Of course, in favor of vegetarianism is not speaking only of modern diseases of livestock and poultry, but numerous studies for decades clearly shows that those who give up meat live healthier and longer, they are more active and more satisfied than other people.

Among other things it has been proven that vegetarians rarely suffer from malignant diseases and diseases of the heart and circulation, and for example, diabetes, allergies and diseases of the prostate and digestive organs. Studies have shown that they indisputably have lower blood pressure and lower cholesterol levels, but also less weight, and which is especially important that, for example, when ill cancer have a much better chance of recovery compared to those from your diet is not kicked the meat .

Of course, besides food, the fact that vegetarians are healthier and live longer contributes their lifestyle. There is in fact almost a rule that they do not smoke, do not drink alcohol and coffee, and are much more moving, recreate and relax than others.

Moussaka with vegetables with yoghurt (Serves 4)

2010-09-04T18:01:00.000-07:00

* 4 zucchini
* 2 eggplants
* 2 fresh red peppers
* 250 g mushrooms
* 1 sprig of leek
* 1 small hot pepper
* 300 g yoghurt
* 3 eggs
* 40 g grated Parmesan cheese
* 3 tablespoons oil
* 1 Tbsp chopped rosemary needles
* Ground pimet
* Ground nutmeg
* Salt and pepper

Clean and wash vegetables. Then chop pepper, zucchini and eggplant and cut into thin slices, cut leek into rings, green pepper into strips and mushrooms into quarters.

Bake all the vegetables and then, in turn, to a lesser extent, a short in a little oil. then spread it into four or less a larger ovenproof baking pan.

Beat egg, mix them with yogurt and season with salt, steam, pimet, nutmeg and rosemary. Arrange vegetables in sauce. Then sprinkle Moussaka with Parmesan cheese and bake in preheated oven at 175 0C 25-30 minutes.

Spinach Pie (for 6 person)

2010-09-04T17:50:00.000-07:00

For the dough:

* 400 g cooked potatoes
* 75 g flour
* Salt and freshly ground nutmeg and pepper
* Butter

For the filling:

* 300 g frozen spinach
* 1 small onion
* 1 teaspoon butter
* 200 g sour cream
* 200 g Gorgonzola cheese
* 2 eggs
* 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds

Peel and mash the potatoes. Mix them with flour, season with salt, pepper and nutmeg and Mix a smooth dough. Place dough in a well-smeared round mold for baking a diameter about 26 cm.

For the filling finely chop the onion and fry it in butter. Add it thawed, coarsely chopped spinach and continue to simmer for 2 minutes.

In another pan, over low heat, heat cream and add it to pieces sliced gorgonzola. Once the cheese melts, remove mixture from heat and let cool slightly. Battered Then stir the eggs and spinach.

Obtained by filling spread the batter and sprinkle with seeds. Food bake in preheated oven at 200 0C for about 45 minutes.

Lasagna with leek (for 4 persons)

2010-09-04T17:36:00.000-07:00

* 250 g lasagne sheets
* 500 g cottage cheese
* 2 eggs
* 80 g grated Parmesan cheese
* 800 g leek
* 50 g butter
* The top edge of fresh grated nutmeg
* 1 / 2 teaspoons dried thyme
* 250 g sour cream
* Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Cook the lasagne sheets as directed on package and drain well. Sir Mix the eggs and half Parmesan cheese and season with salt, pepper and muscat.

Clean the leek, wash and cut into thin rings thinner. In a large frying pan boil a half of butter and sauté onions in it. After ten minutes, onion mixture, add cheese and eggs, season with salt, pepper and thyme, then stir sour cream.

At the bottom of the ovenproof dish for baking arrange the lasagna sheets and put on them half mixture of leek, cheese, eggs, cream and spices, then lasagne sheets again, and at the end the second half of the mixture.

On the dish arrange remaining Parmesan cheese and butter, and bake in preheated oven at 220 0C 30-35 minutes.

Vegetables with sauce made of eggs (for 4 persons)

2010-09-04T16:19:00.000-07:00

* 1 bunch young carrots
* 1 cauliflower
* 1 bunch broccoli

For the sauce:

* 4 eggs
* 0,2 l of peanut oil
* 2 tablespoons mustard
* 1 Tbsp lemon juice
* The top edge of ground nutmeg
* 250 g mixed soft cheese and sour cream
* Leaf parsley
* Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Wash and peel carrots and chop the cauliflower and broccoli. In boiling, salted water, cook carrots first, and after 10 minutes, put the cauliflower and broccoli in, and cook everything together for another 5 minutes.

Keep at warm the drained vegetables. Cook two eggs for 10 minutes, and two break and detach from the egg yolk. Place yolks in a bowl, slowly, whisking constantly to them, drop by drop, add oil, then mustard and lemon juice. Continue mixing until you get a creamy mass that is mayonnaise.

Mayonnaise season with salt, pepper and nutmeg, and add a mixture of cheese and cream. Hard boiled eggs, finely chop and stir them into the sauce. Then sprinkle the sauce with parsley leaves and serve with steamed vegetables.

Frozen vegetables is better than the fresh one

2010-09-04T13:10:00.000-07:00

According to the latest research, frozen vegetables can be more nutritious and better than the fresh one from markets and shopping centers. While fresh vegetables arrive to the table can lose up to 45 percent of valuable nutrients.
On the other hand, frozen vegetables can stand up to two weeks before it starts to lose its nutritional value. Devastating is the fact that 80 percent of buyers believe that fresh vegetables at markets and trade centers in more than four days. The fact is that with a few tricks can seem fresh vegetables, and be aged up to nine days. When we add the time that passes until the vegetables are kept at home, and finally preparing to eat it may take 15 days.

Investigation of the loss of vitamins and nutrients in vegetables was conducted by Research Institute of Food under the sponsorship of companies specialized in Birds Eye frozen vegetables. The company assured consumers that frozen vegetables contain about 30 percent more vitamin C than fresh equivalents. Nutritionist Dr Sarah Schenker said that the nutritional value of vegetables decreased as soon as it picks up from the garden, which means that when you arrive on the plate is no longer nourishing and useful as we think.

Researcher Charlotte Harden argues that it is necessary to reject the view that frozen vegetables are worse than fresh because in most cases it has equal quality as fresh-picked vegetables, and sometimes even better.

British Association for frozen foods agreed with that, a spokesman for the organization says they are quick and organized method of storing vegetables from the moment of harvest until frost so developed that the loss of nutritional value is minimal. On the other hand, fresh vegetables in shopping malls, and in the markets may be old and until a few days, I assure mentioned experts.

How to make delicious tofu burger

2010-09-04T12:49:00.000-07:00

Spice up your vegetarian menu with interesting and tasty tofu burger that can be easily prepared.

Tofu is not only very healthy foods but it can be used to make a tasty burger. Here's how to perform:

Ingredients:

- Half a piece of tofu

- 1 teaspoon soy sauce

- 2 tablespoons oil

- 2 cups oats

- The wheat flour bun

Preparation:

Cut tofu into small cubes. Place the tofu cubes in a bowl and crushes it into the mixture.
After the rest of the tofu became mixture, add soy sauce and oats and mix well.
Put the entire mixture into a mold shaped like burgers. Fry tofu burger in oil until it became crispy and takes golden color.
Serve tofu burger on the bun from wheat flour with contributions by choice.

Rice that does not need to be cooked is cultivated

2010-09-04T12:30:00.000-07:00

Indian scientists have managed to cultivate a special kind of rice for which is enough to be soaked in water.

In most parts of Asia, rice is the basis of nutrition to billion people, but problems often arise in the absence of conditions for food preparation. However, one species of this plant, soft Assamese Rice does not need to cook and is therefore suitable especially for the poorest strata of the population.

Researchers from the Institute for Research in rice Oris managed to grow a hybrid type of rice which is enough to soak overnight in water to become edible. What is more important, this will be able to grow rice farmers in all climatic zones of India, which should reduce the number of hungry Indians.

This is the first successful attempt of growing soft rice Asama outside the northeast, the region where a very high humidity and temperatures are still higher than in Asam.

India and beyond, despite the great economic progress in the last twenty years, there is still a third of underfed children in the world, so the researchers hope that this hybrid could become a major asset of government in the struggle against poverty and hunger.

Environment and Animals are suffering because we eat meat

2010-09-04T12:15:00.000-07:00

"Feces of these animals, their needs for water, grain and space change and pollute the environment in which we live. From the 1980th to 2002nd meat consumption has doubled in developed countries. We came to the point that in some states to freeze a piece of meat cheaper than bottles beer in a cafe, "the author of the book that has sparked numerous discussions.

"Because of our consumption of meat and animals living in disastrous conditions. In America and Europe, people were amazed that dogs and cats begin to hold in such circumstances, a normal chickens is to literally walk one after another in a cage and never come out into the light days, "says american writer Jonathan Safran Foer, who claims that the transition to vegetarianism could alleviate the problem.

Foer is speaking to people in developed countries that they should not eat meat at least one week per month or several days a week. He claims that the meat meal was once a luxury and that is now slipped control. The quantities that we consume exceeded the real needs of our body and are not sustainable for our environment.

J. S. Foer - People need to become vegetarians urgently!

2010-09-04T12:01:00.000-07:00

Vegetarians are more environmentally friendly than people who eat meat, a massive switch to vegetarianism could improve life on Earth. These provocative thesis wrote an American writer Jonathan Safran Foer in the book "Eating Animals."

Foer is a casual vegetarian. He claims that people have started to eat meat in excessive amounts. The book appeals to the responsibility towards nature and draws attention to the negative side of human 'addiction' to meat - describing the disastrous conditions of keeping animals slaughtered at the bar and the consequences of the consumption of meat on the environment.

>> Vegetarian food is the key to long life

"We buy meat that comes from intensive farming - 99.9% of chickens, pigs 95% and 78% of livestock is growing in unnatural conditions, and farming contributes more to global warming than all the cars of the world," said Foer, who says that the average American nutrition has slaughtered about 21,000 animals.

An example of the famous actress Natalie Portman, shows that the author is very convincing in his argument, he said that she changed her eating habits after reading "Eating Animals."

For better health eat apples with peel

2010-09-02T07:54:00.000-07:00

Apples are good for prevention of type 2 diabetes, to relieve symptoms of allergies and asthma as well as for weight control.
According to the latest report, CSIRO (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 2010. Apple Report), eating an apple a day really has a great impact on health - relieve symptoms of asthma and allergies, and keep the weight under control.>> Why are apples so healthy

"There is good evidence that the intake of apple pomace polyphenols (three apples per day) can lower cholesterol levels," said Professor Manny Oakes, author of CSIRO most publications, and the book "Total Wellbeing Diet."

"Apple probably has a big role in reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes, which is confirmed by numerous studies have shown that women who eat an apple a day are 28 percent less chance of developing it," said Oakes. Apple peel contains the most polyphenols (vegetable compounds with high antioxidant activity) and antioxidant and is therefore sure to eat whole.

Green leafy vegetables can reduce the risk of diabetes

2010-09-02T07:50:00.000-07:00

Green leafy vegetables significantly reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a survey conducted at the University of Leicester, and published in the British Medical Journal. It is significant discovery since the number of those suffering from this dangerous disease is growing worldwide.
Head of Research Patrice Carter and his colleagues analyzed six studies with over 220,000 respondents who were involved in linkage of fruits and vegetables with type 2 diabetes The results showed that half past one serving of green leafy vegetables ( spinach) more each day reduces the risk of diabetes by 14 percent.

>> Healthier life reduces the occurrence of cancer by one third

However, consuming large amounts of fruits and vegetables together do not significantly influence the risk reduction. Researchers Jim Mann from New Zealand's Otago University and Dagfinn Aune from London Imperial College, but notes that additional research is needed and that it is too early to conclude that it is necessary to eat green leafy vegetables to reduce the risk of diabetes.

Grapefruit is a great fighter against diabetes

2010-09-02T07:37:00.000-07:00

Naringenin, an antioxidant that makes grapefruit taste bitter, mimics the effects of two drugs used in cases of type 2 diabetes.

Grapefruit should be able to help in the prevention and fight against diabetes. The secret of its strength lies in naringenin, an antioxidant that gives the fruit a bitter taste. According to experts with the Jewish University in Jerusalem, these antioxidants can have the same effect as the two existing drugs that are used in cases of type 2 diabetes Naringenin simply improves the sensitivity of the body to insulin. Diabetes occurs when the body can not produce enough of the hormone that regulates blood sugar levels. Considering this fact becomes clear why the grapefruit potential new ally in the fight against diabetes.

Vegetarians - better lovers?

2010-03-11T13:14:00.000-08:00

Soy products labeled as "lean", as well as health food stores, are all present in our market. Typical Carnivore observe with disapproval this new trend, standing in defense fried mini cabbage rolls, soups "with three fingers of fat, and local pork sausages.

Are they right when they say that a vegetable diet is sided and does not contain all the necessary nutrients?
According to the United Nations, today two-thirds of the world population of vegetarians, says. Among the top athletes, which refutes the misconception that meatless food is insufficient for larger organism efforts ...

After years of eating animal fat, the inner walls of blood vessels aqueous the fatty deposits, causing arteriosclerosis. Difficult circulation is particularly problematic to men. Due to poor blood circulation in all organs, including sexual, problems arise with an erection.

Because vegetarians do not enter the body fat of animal origin, their sex life is not affected, and this makes them better lovers and more durable than a carnivore. They are careful, gentler, more sensible, and have more energy and endurance. It requires good self-control and confidence to become a vegetarian. Psychologists considered these characteristics very significant when the profile of a lover is in question.

About omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids

2010-03-11T13:03:00.000-08:00

Most important for the proper functioning of the brain are the two essential fatty acids: linoleic (or omega 6) and alpha linolenic (or omega 3).

These are the basic structural components of membranes in brain cells and also are an important part of the enzyme within the cell membrane that allow the membranes to carry valuable nutrients to the cells from them. When the cells of the human body, including brain cells, lack of essential fatty acids they need for growth and proper functioning, they will try to build a replacement fatty acids that are similar, but actually may be harmful.Elevated levels of "replacement of fatty acids in the blood is associated with a diet rich Hydrogenized fat and eating too much where they represented omega 6 fatty acids. It was discovered that the levels of replacement of fatty acids increased in people with depression or attention disorder (ADD = attention deficit disorder). Diet rich with omega 3 fatty acids (such as the LNA from flaxseed oil or EPA and DHA from fish oils) are not only supplies the body healthy fats, but also lowers the level of potentially harmful blood fats such as cholesterol, and it is possible that even and reverses the negative effects of excess trans-fatty acids.

Smart fatty acids

2010-03-11T12:53:00.000-08:00

Imagine your brain as the main gland that sends throughout the body chemical "messengers" that tell every body how to work.

An important group of these chemical messengers are the prostaglandins (so called because they were originally discovered in the prostate).

Prostaglandins stimulate the body's self-healing system. To create a healthy brain cells (the message senders) and prostaglandins (messengers), the body needed two kinds of fat. These are omega 6 fatty acids found in many oils such as Safflower, sunflower, corn and sesame and omega 3 fatty acids found in linen and pumpkin seeds and nuts . Food from which you can get oil is usually one that contains the most essential fatty acids.

Omnivores are more prone to obesity than vegetarians

2010-03-11T12:43:00.000-08:00

According to a Swedish study in which participated over 50,000 women, people on vegetarian diets have lower risk of obesity than people who eat meat (omnivores).

The research results indicate that the replacement of meat and meat products, vegetables, or vegetable option, may help in maintaining body weight. Specifically, women who are vegetarians are 2 / 3 less likely to be obese than women who eat meat.

He also noted that the group of women who eat meat, 40% were obese, while among the vegetarian was "only" 25% fat.

Wine for vegetarians

2010-03-11T12:18:00.000-08:00

Gelatin of animal origin is used or the "strength" of wine, namely gelatin from animal bones and connective tissue from cows, pigs or the bladder gelatin from fish. Oxen blood was often used in the past, but is banned in Europe due to cow's disease.

"Strength" refers to the process of stabilization and clearness of wine or beer - it makes them clean and clear and neutralize tamine. Additive strength should remain in the wine, but can not guarantee that the tracks will not be visible.

But there are alternatives. Vegetarians can find a wine that contains casein (milk protein) or albumin (from egg). For vegans there will be used benonit (type of clay)

Vegetarian Food - Essential Food For Athletes

2010-02-20T12:11:00.000-08:00

Balanced and varied vegetarian diet is more than able to provide you with all nutrients - protein, vitamins and minerals - that your body requires.

It is also a diet that has significant advantages over those based on meat, mainly due to increased input starch carbohydrates and antioxidants. Meat and cow's milk does not contain any of the antioxidants beta-carotene, vitamin C and E, or vitamin K, as well as complex carbohydrates or fiber.

Meat contains no calcium or vitamin D. Meat and dairy products contain cholesterol and saturated fat which clog the arteries, and are completely unimportant in nutrition. What is essential in the are fresh fruits and vegetables, nut products, seeds, legumes and cereals from whole grains - all good ingredients for yourself based on vegetarian or vegan diet. Enjoy!

Food For Athlete Winners

2010-02-20T11:55:00.000-08:00

To win in the competition, defeat the enemy or finish first, it all depends on several factors, not just about training. Foods that trigger your body is just as important as any exercise! Because food for the winners is priceless - the perfect guide to the perfect diet. We are not talking here only about the active athletes and weekend walkers, but as well those who go to the gym during breaks and those who want to stay in shape with amateur sports - wherever they were. To get the best from yourself you have the best food.

Food winner, simply and clearly explains why it is very subdued many diet based on meat - and destroyed some of the myths. Take the proteins! You can not succeed without the weight of protein from meat and dairy products! Wrong! Key to the success of the complex carbohydrates - things such as potatoes, pasta and rice. This is the 'energy food' and it is not found in meat. Also, people's muscles are not build from muscles of 'fleshy' animals.

Where vegetarians get their proteins? From almost everything they eat! It contains nearly all plant foods and hard as possible to those you might miss.

Vegetarian food comes complete with antioxidants, which easily defeat the disease, and without which would otherwise your body be opened 'to attack' and could not function properly. The best fighters against disease are vitamin C and E and beta carotene (a form of vitamin A) - and it will be very difficult to find in meat and dairy products. What you will find in them are fat, which clog arteries and cholesterol.

The truth is - food of animal origin harm your body, and plant foods, protecting it. Because food is the winner of the perfect guide for those who want to be the leader of life.

Vitamin B12 and nutrients that should be paid attention

2010-02-09T10:47:00.000-08:00

People who reject all the food from animal products may have difficulty in meeting their daily needs for protein, zinc and iron. Meat and meat products "convenient" source of these nutrients, a diet that excludes these provisions requires a little more planning. Therefore, proper planning here is of great importance, especially with vegan diet. But if it is properly balanced, vegan diet can provide all the necessary nutrients except vitamin B12.

Vitamin B12

Poorly planned vegetarian diet can result in a deficit of vitamin B12, since vitamin B12 is found only in products of animal origin.
Furthermore, infants whose mothers were not for a long time food (or supplements) brought vitamin B12, have lower levels of blood vitamins and they get less vitamin B12 with milk.
Vegans, therefore, must compensate for this vitamin with food enriched with vitamin B12 or by taking vitamin B12 supplements.
In order to facilitate the plan of vegetarian diet, there formed pyramids of proper diet for vegetarians and vegans. It is important to note not to miss any meal and the food that is consumed must be diverse.

Who are fruitarians and why they eat only fruit?

2010-02-09T10:23:00.000-08:00

Fruitarians or fructarians are people who feed on the fruit. They argue that this is the natural and primeval human diet and that both Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden were fruitarians. Also consider that no living creature (or plant or animal) does not want to be killed and therefore eat only fruit that gives the fruit itself (as opposed to vegans, who eat root to, stem, leaves, flowers, seeds). Radical fruitarians eat only fruit fallen fruit from the tree.
What fruitarians say about their lifestyle

Fruitarians feel and look younger. Their hair, nails and skin look healthier, and they say that they have more energy for the maintenance of a hard pace throughout the day
Eat only when you are hungry or feel a strong appetite, and eat as much as you need until you feel satiety. Eat small amounts of dried fruit at any time, but stop eating them even if you still feel the desire for more. This applies only to dried fruits, fresh fruit you can eat as much as you want.
If you are at 100 percent on fruitarian diet do not need to drink extra water. All water you need is in fruits and your body will absorb it in the best possible way, additional water will contribute to the body in any way.

People always ate food of animal origin. Why should they stop now?

2010-02-05T17:26:00.000-08:00

Never in its entire history, people are eating so many foods of animal origin such as we do now. Today, the rich and the poor can buy this food, which is mainly a result of new methods to reduce costs for the breeding of animals 'food'.

Farms where animals are bred for the food industry with their methods of farming produce such a massive and extensive suffering what has never until now has not been seen in agricultural production. In addition, the human population is more numerous today than ever before. Millions of people who consume animal meat also means that millions of tons and liters of water around the world take from the poor to the rich fed animals, and as a result of such practices remain millions of tons of waste which destroy the soil, drinking water and the ozone layer.

In addition to add the fact that today not only have evidence that the human diet based on foods of plant origin but also have a healthier and more non-animal products, which we now easily available (eg, soy milk, cheese, yogurt, pudding , ice cream, tofu, tempeh) and many other very healthy and delicious products that make the transition to a vegan diet easy.

What's wrong with wearing wool?

2010-02-05T17:14:00.000-08:00

As in other industries where the animals are bred for profit, the interests of animals used in the wool industry is rarely thought. Herds usually consist of thousands of sheep and individual care of their needs is almost impossible. Many people believe that sheepshearers helps animals that would otherwise feel burdened with so much wool, but without the interference of humans, sheep, grew just enough wool to protect themselves from temperature.

Most wool comes from Australia. Just a few weeks after birth, the department of their tails, the males Neutered, all without anesthesia. Very high level of mortality is considered normal. 20 to 40 percent of the lamb died from cold and hunger before they reach the age of eight weeks, eight million adult sheep die from disease, lack of shelter, and neglect. Million of them die in 30 days from the clip. Australian farmers perform a barbaric operation that involves carving the great line of skin and flesh from the back of the leg lamb without anesthesia. When shear rate is most important. People are usually paid by performance, not by the hour, which encourages fast and reckless operation. One witness says, "The place where shear his sheep must be one of the worst places in the world for cruelty to animals. I saw people shear to hit the sheep with scissors or fists until they noses bleed. I saw a sheep that is half the face was clipped.

Fur Industry - Is it really so cruel?

2010-02-05T16:59:00.000-08:00

Even more. Research was conducted by PETA in fur farms have revealed that the animals are killed by their steel rod under an electric charge placed in the rectum and literally fry their interior. Broken bones that protrude, respiratory infections and cancerous tumors are some of the injuries and diseases that live animals without veterinary care at one investigated farm.

Animals caught in steel traps for the feet suffer such pain that a bite off their limbs in order to escape. Unable to feed, warm or defense of the attackers, many die horrible deaths before the one who set the trap come to kill them. Others suffer in traps for days until they can not catch and kill. To avoid damage to the skin, the animals are often beaten or overrun to death. Most of the state has no regulations regarding the methods of killing these animals.

Regardless of whether suffering terrible pain traps or the life of agony in a small cage, the animals suffer immensely.

The Gladiators Were Vegetarians

2010-02-01T18:33:00.000-08:00

The Gladiators are associated with strength, endurance and hard training - they are real fighting machines. Spartak like gladiators were a kind of sports heroes and Gladiator medicine is probably the first form of organized sports medicine. It would be expected that the diet of these fighters out of the arena based on proteins, however, the analysis of archaeological finds of their bones, says something quite the opposite.

Strontium is present in greater concentration in plant food than animal tissues, and bones contain twice as many fights strontium bone than their contemporaries. Thus, the gladiators were vegetarians. This is confirmed by the record of Roman historian Pliny, who calls them hordearii - those who eat barley.

Similarly, is the Roman soldiers, legionaries who spent 5000-6000 kcal per day, and 78% of their food ration comprised carbohydrates, mainly barley and wheat.

Benefits and potential harm of soy consumption

2010-02-01T09:48:00.000-08:00

The increasing use of soy in the diet leads to the necessity to learn about the possible harmful consequences of consuming soy.

Soy is used in the diet was mostly known only in Asian countries, because its fermented products are filled with protein based mostly on rice. However, due to the relatively cheap production and composition (rich in plant proteins), these legumes are spread throughout the world and its products (or individual isolates) have found wide application in human nutrition.

On the market today a large number of industrial food products that contain some of the soy products.

Vegetarians have a lower risk of cancer

2010-02-01T09:37:00.000-08:00

Unlike the people whose diet is dominated by the meat, vegetarians have a lower risk of illness from different types of cancer, according to results of recent research.

The study included 60 thousand people, and showed that the animals rarely develop tumors. However, vegetarianism is not shown as a good protection against cancer bowel cancer. A tube, which is included in the digestion and spread from the stomach into the anus. It consists of small and large intestine, which is one of the most common tumors. Scientists in the research looked at people who eat meat, those who eat fish but not meat and those who eat only fruits and vegetables.

Previously known that every 33rd during the life of a man down with a kind of cancer, but recent research has shown that it is not the case with animals. Risk for presence of cancer in people who do not even eat meat is 20 percent smaller. Discovered that there are differences between animals and humans who eat meat, and most part of the lymph and blood. It was shown that vegetarians have healthier blood. However, scientists warn that the new discovery does not mean that we should change the diet because the evidence was not sufficiently verified.

However, note that the food we must introduce more fruits and vegetables.

Buddhist View Of Vegetarianism

2010-01-17T08:26:00.000-08:00

In Buddhism, the views on vegetarianism vary from school to school. Attitudes about vegetarianism vary from sect to sect as well as from individual to individual. Vegetarianism was not a part of the early Buddhist tradition and it is unlikely the historical Buddha was a vegetarian. In the earliest recording of his teachings, the Tripitaka, the Buddha did not categorically forbid his disciples to eat meat. In Mahayana Buddhism, there are several Sanskrit texts where the Buddha instructs his followers to avoid meat. However, each branch of Mahayana Buddhism select what sutra to follow, the majority of Tibetan and Japanese Buddhism do eat, while most of Chinese Buddhism do not eat meat. Buddhists who are vegetarians have a simple and compelling argument to support their case. Eating meat encourages an industry that causes cruelty and death to millions of animals and truly compassionate person would wish to stop all this suffering.

Jain Vegetarianism

2010-01-17T07:55:00.000-08:00

Jain vegetarianism is the diet of the Jains, the followers of Jainism. They have deep compassion for all forms of life. Jainism is an ecologically responsible way of life which is nonviolent in thought, action, and deed. Vegetarianism is for a Jain a way of life and it is seen as an instrument for the practice of nonviolence (ahimsa) and peaceful, cooperative coexistence. Jains are forbidden from committing intentional violence against all mobile living beings. This intentional violence creates harmful karma and the aim of ahimsa is to prevent the accumulation of such karma. A Jain diet is based on the fact that a simple natural diet will help keep their mind pure and peaceful. Jainism tells us that we can only limit violence and avoid unnecessary violence. Non- vegetarianism involves violence which is unnecessary and which can be easily avoided. Most Jains are lacto-vegetarians but more devote Jains do not eat root vegetables because this would involve the killing of plants. Also, some particularly dedicated individuals are fruitarians.

Vegetarianism in Hinduism

2010-01-14T08:37:00.000-08:00

Most major paths of Hinduism hold vegetarianism as an ideal, though not all Hindus are vegetarian. Hindus almost universally avoid beef since they consider the cow sacred. The prohibition against harming or killing cows frequently benefits nutrition in India. There are three most important reasons for Hindus: the principle of nonviolence -ahimsa, applied to animals, the intention to offer only "pure" food to a deity and then to receive it back as prasad, and the conviction that non-vegetarian food is detrimental for the mind and spiritual development. Hindu vegetarians usually avoid eggs but consume milk and dairy products, so they are lacto-vegetarians. Mahatma Gandhi took Hindu vegetarian observance one step further by declaring, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be measured by the way in which its animals are treated.” The devotees of Krishna, really gave vegetarianism its big push in Hinduism. They originated the tradition of the cow as sacred in India. Those who are true to the Hindu traditions will not eat flesh in any form and are being vegetarians.

Misconceptions about Vegetarian Bodybuilders

2010-01-14T08:16:00.000-08:00

It is a popular misconception that you need to be a meat eater in order to have success in body building. The truth is that the vegetarian bodybuilding can be equally effective in building muscle as a regular meat eating diet. There are many misconceptions about vegetarians which is the reason why many people don’t associate them with body building. Many people believe that without eating the meat of an animal, you will not be able to get enough protein and other essential nutrients. That is simply not true when it comes to vegetarian body building you can easily get proteins from other food sources, like soy products, beans, various grains, eggs and dairy product provide plenty of muscle building proteins. Also, many vegetarian body building athletes are drinking supplemental shakes with whey protein as well as other important vitamins and minerals like zinc, vitamin B12, iron and more. Vegetarians actually have a better chance of increasing their strength and size with their meat free lifestyle.

Vegetarian Food And Nutrition

2010-01-10T15:04:00.000-08:00

A healthy vegetarian nutrition consists primarily of plant based foods, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds. Because of that, a vegetarian diet generally contains less fat and cholesterol, and typically includes more fiber. Vegetarian food, like grains, pulses and vegetables, and as pre-cooked meals, is widely available nowadays. You can buy it in any markets, corner shops. Meatless products, such as tofu dogs, soy burgers, nut loaves or texturized vegetable protein, add variety to your vegetarian diet. These products simulate the taste and texture of meat and usually have less fat and calories. Many of the meatless products, such as tofu or tempeh, are made from soybeans. If you wanna become a vegan, you need to find alternatives for eggs and dairy products. Instead of cow's milk you can drink a soymilk or rice milk, instead of butter use olive oil or canola oil.

Why Become a Vegetarian.

2010-01-10T14:33:00.000-08:00

There are many reasons why people become vegetarians, some are for health reasons, some are environmental, others for animal welfare. Vegetarianism is to many people not just a diet, but a different way of thinking, and a different lifestyle. Meat contains absolutely nothing the human body cannot obtain perfectly from a vegetarian diet. Avoiding meat is one of the best and simplest ways to cut down your fat consumption. Modern farm animals are deliberately fattened up to increase profits. Eating meat and animal fat increases your chances of having a heart attack or developing cancer. There are millions cases of food poisoning recorded every year. The great majority are caused by eating meat. Half the rainforest in the world have been destroyed to clear ground to graze cattle to make beefburgers. You can lose weight by avoiding saturated fat in meat, butter and the animal fat. Vegetarians are usually fitter than meat eaters. many of the world's most successful athletes are vegetarian.

Vegetarianism Throughout History

2010-01-08T15:48:00.000-08:00

Throughout the history of humankind, people have registered their opposition to the cruel way in which animals are oppressed, so many have turned to a vegetarian way of life. The earliest records of vegetarianism as a concept with the idea of nonviolence towards animals appear in the ancient Greek civilisation, and was promoted by religious groups and philosophers. Vegetarianism began many thousands of years ago with great minds like Diogenes, Plato, Pythagoras, Buddha, Plutarch, Plotinus and Socrates. Until the mid-1800's reached western civilization.Famous writers such as Voltaire, Paley, Pope, Shelley, Bentham and Lamartine. The first Vegetarian Society was formed in England on 30 September 1847, and was followed by other countries. The International Vegetarian Union, a union of the national societies, was founded in 1908, and remains active today.

A Few Inspirational Vegetarian Quotes

2010-01-08T11:58:00.000-08:00

"Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages." Thomas Edison

"For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love." -Pythagoras

" did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens." -Isaac Bashevis Singer

" he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace."-Albert Schweitzer

" all love animals. Why do we call some ‘pets’ and others‘ dinner’?"-K.D.Lang

" love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man". -Charles Darwin

" Luther King taught us all nonviolence. I was told to extend nonviolence to the mother and her calf.”"-Dick Gregory

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. -Paul McCartney

"Nothing will benefit human health, and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth, as much as the evolution to a Vegetarian Diet" -Albert Einstein

"As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields." -Leo Tolstoy

"Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends". -George Bernard Shaw

About Veganism

2010-01-08T11:17:00.000-08:00

A vegan lifestyle completely avoids the use and consumption of animal products. Vegans eat a plant based food, with nothing coming from animals, no meat, milk, eggs, honey, leather, wool, silk and other animal products. Milk contains far too much fat and protein for humans. And eggs are higher in cholesterol than any other food. Veganism is known to boost immune systems and facilitate weight loss. The word vegan was coined by Donald Watson in 1944. He combined the first three and last two letters of vegetarian to form vegan, which he saw as the beginning and end of vegetarian. Donald Watson, also founded The Vegan Society in the same year. Vegan foods, such as whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and beans, are low in fat, contain no cholesterol, and are rich in fiber and nutrients. Vegans can get all the protein they need from legumes and grains. A vegan diet can provide all the nutrients we were taught in school came only from animal products. Most vegans also avoids products that are tested on animals. Some of the famous vegans include: Olympic track star Carl Lewis, comedians Weird Al Yankovic, Keenan Ivory Wayans and Kevin Nealon, and Coretta Scott King.

Terminology and varieties of vegetarianism

2010-01-07T16:44:00.000-08:00

Vegetarianism diet and lifestyle which includes veganism and is defined as the practice of not eating meat, poultry or fish or their by-products, with or without the use of dairy products or eggs. There are a variety of vegetarian diets including:

lacto-vegetarian: Consumes milk and milk products but excludes eggs. Lacto-vegetarianism is very common in India.
ovo-vegetarian: Includes eggs but not milk and milk products.
lacto-ovo vegetarian: Eats both eggs and milk products. This is the most common form of Vegetarianism in Western countries.
Vegan: Diet and lifestyle that excludes all animal products, animal flesh, including dairy products, eggs, and honey. Vegan lifestyle also excludes wearing and use of animal products (leather, silk, wool, lanolin).
Dietary Vegan: Follows a vegan diet, but doesn't necessarily try and exclude non food uses of animals.
Fruitarian: Same as vegan, but only eats foods that can be gathered without harming the plant. (fruit, nuts, seeds)

Environmental Reasons to Become Vegetarian

2010-01-07T12:34:00.000-08:00

There are many environmental impacts of eating meat. The Vegetarian Society claims that meat eating causes deforestation in the way that the rainforest is cleared to grow grain to raise and feed cattle. The other reason is Water Conservation. It takes 3 to 15 times much water to produce animal protein as it does plant protein. Much water is used to simply fatten up cows for slaughter.
By being a Vegetarian you will help reduce waste and air pollution. All the cattle on the planet produce nearly 100 million tons of methane, which is also a large contributor to global warming. Animal farming produces 65 percent of human related nitrous oxide and 37 percent of all human induced methane. Efficient use of grains is also a reason to become a vegetarian. Animals raised for food consume 90 percent of the soy crop, 80 percent of the corn crop, and a total of 70 percent of grains.

Vegetarianism: A Few Facts

2010-01-07T11:22:00.000-08:00

A vegetarian is a person who doesn't eat any type of meat, including fish and poultry. Those who still consume eggs and milk are called “ovo-lacto” vegetarians. Vegetarians have lower blood pressure, have lower rates of cancer and stronger immune systems, have lower incidence of heart disease and stroke, be less likely overweight. A vegetarianism was practiced in Egypt around 3,200 BC, with abstinence from meat upon beliefs in reincarnation. Also it was practiced by early philosophies as Hinduism, Brahinanism, Jainism and Zoroasterianism. The first Vegetarian Society was formed in 1847 in England. The main reason of forming this Society was to dispel the common belief that it's not possible to lead a healthy life without eating meat. Traditionally, vegetarianism has been linked to the people of ancient India. Today, Indians make up more than 70 percent of the world's vegetarian population. Being a vegetarian would alleviate human starvation and in return there would be an increase in growth of wild animals without additonal sufferings on humans or animals. Vegetarianism reduces the amount of violence in the world!